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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower as further falls in iron ore prices hit the mining sector. At 1015 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 28.7 points, or 0.53 per cent, at 5,394.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
The Australian share market is lower as further falls in iron ore prices weigh on the mining sector. A positive lead from Wall Street was not enough to outweigh investor worries about the short-term prospects of the steel making commodity, which is ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Australian stocks are weaker, with heavy falls by iron ore miners dragging down the overall market. Stockbrokers had been forecasting a positive start to the week on the back of gains on Wall Street on Friday but heavy falls in the price of iron ore ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... cent, to $3.36 after rail operator Aurizon and Chinese steelmaker Baosteel Resources launched a $1.42 billion bid for the iron ore miner.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... opened higher but then fell into the red because of weakness in the mining sector. "The story today will come down to the iron ore players and the fact that we saw a really big break down in those prices last night," IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... results; Henderson Group, Bell Financial Group, IRESS and Ausenco have annual general meetings. And Rio Tinto's head of iron ore, Andrew Harding, is to speak at a conference at the University of WA. In Australia, the market on Wednesday had a flat session ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... Bank had fallen 16 cents to $35.83. Mining stocks are under pressure after commodity prices fell, including base metals, iron ore and gold. BHP Billiton had fallen 19.5 cents to $37.675, Rio Tinto was 64 cents lower at $61.42 and Fortescue Metals had ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... positive finish for the week," he told AAP. A positive finish on Thursday would be a sixth consecutive sessions of gains. Iron ore miner Atlas Iron jumped 3.25 cents, or 3.4 per cent, to 98.75 cents after it said it had shipped record tonnes during the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... was four cents lower at $37.72 after it announced a record output so far this fiscal year and increased its full year iron ore guidance by five million tonnes to 217 million tonnes. Iron ore producer Fortescue Metals, which is due to post its third quarter ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... cents at $76.87. In the resources sector, Rio Tinto had advanced 63 cents to $63.89 despite producing and shipping less iron ore during the first three months of 2014 due to bad weather. BHP Billiton was up 34 cents at $37.70 and Fortescue Metals gained ...